Posts Tagged ‘frack’
Report: No convincing evidence that Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate is needed
Today the Applied Economics Clinic (AEC), a nonprofit consulting group, published an analysis finding that neither the builder nor the anchor customer of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate extension project have provided “convincing evidence of a need for MVP Southgate.” The report exposes the flimsy assumptions used by MVP, LLC and PSNC Energy to…
Read MoreMountain Valley Pipeline soils all in its path
Trained citizen monitors in Va. and W.Va. have documented hundreds of violations and possible violations from construction along the Mountain Valley Pipeline. They continue calling for an immediate stop-work order from regulators.
Read MoreWhen “clean” energy isn’t
Once the planet’s temperature rises 1.5 degrees Celsius due to global warming, “the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse polish off their martinis, look at each other, and say, ‘It’s go time.’”
Read MoreNorth Carolina denies water permit for MVP Southgate pipeline
Contact: Ridge Graham, 828-278-7493, [email protected] Cat McCue, 434-293-6373, [email protected] The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has denied a key water quality permit for the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate, dealing the project a setback. The permit is required under Section 401 of the federal Clean Water Act and would allow the pipeline company to…
Read MoreVirginians For Justice: Progress Not Pipelines!
Several hundred people from across Virginia turned out for a weekend of solidarity for environmental justice and climate action and to call for a halt to expanding fracked-gas infrastructure anywhere in the state.
Read MoreGroups urge N.C. lawmakers to prevent Duke Energy from gouging customers for grid “improvements”
A joint press release from NC Warn and Appalachian Voices Duke Energy executives are seeking support from North Carolina legislators and others for a highly controversial and twice-failed plan to lock in up to $13 billion in customer rate increases for what critics say are wasteful capital projects. Today, two watchdog groups denounced Duke’s grid…
Read MoreMVP and ACP fracked-gas projects both dealt major blows — again
The Virginia State Water Control Board voted 4-3 today to reconsider the Clean Water Act section 401 certification that the board approved last December for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Six days after Attorney General Mark Herring filed an enforcement suit against MVP, LLC for violations of state water laws and terms of the 401 certification,…
Read More100 sign letter to Va. air board to reject frack-gas facility in African-American community
Environmental justice advocates Karenna Gore, Mustafa Santiago Ali, Don Cheadle and Ed Begley, Jr. were among the 100 people who signed a letter to Va. regulators urging a denial of huge compressor station in the largely African-American community of Union Hill.
Read MoreCommunity and conservation groups condemn FERC’s review of proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline
Contact: Joe Lovett, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, 304-520-2324, [email protected] Laurie Ardison, Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights, 304-646-8339, [email protected] Kirk Bowers, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, 434-296-8673, [email protected] Kelly Trout, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, 240-396-2022, [email protected] Lara Mack, Appalachian Voices, 434-293-6373, [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal regulators today released a draft environmental review for the proposed fracked-gas Mountain…
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